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Run over two days (Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 February), it was organised by Ilitha Labantu, a non-profit organisation that works towards ending gender-based violence (GBV).&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Scores of young women converged on Langa United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA), at NY22, Gugulethu, on 7 Wednesday February to attend a self-realisation workshop. Run over two days (Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 February), it was organised by Ilitha Labantu, a non-profit organisation that works towards ending gender-based violence (GBV).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilitha Labantu spokesperson Siya Monakali described the workshop as one of his organisation\u2019s holistic training programmes that seek to empower, develop and capacitate women to be self-sufficient and independent. He said more than 50 women from Gugulethu and neighbouring areas attended it, most of them GBV survivors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the aim is to break the cycle of intimate-partner violence and domestic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur social workers conduct these workshops. Through them we hope to rebuild their self-identity and confidence so they can be self-reliant. We also use these platforms to provide self-readiness skills training and other skills-based training under our building-bridges programme, which seeks to empower survivors of abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dOne person who attended the workshop, Sinethemba Mnathwana from Marcus Garvey in Lower Crossroads, described it as most fruitful.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was repeatedly abused at a young age by a relative. I didn\u2019t tell anyone about the ordeal. 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